How to Use chart in a Sentence

chart

1 of 2 noun
  • The record went to the top of the charts.
  • The doctor consulted the patient's chart.
  • The song peaked at No. 76 on the chart when Blue Ivy was just 7 years old.
    USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The Chevy Bolt and Nissan Leaf moved up the charts in their place.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Here's a look at the longer-term trend, in chart format.
    Wsj Staff, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
  • He is listed as the fourth safety on the Bills’ depth chart, per the AP.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But there is no chart to help map a course through the tempest of war.
    Marc Santora Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • To find the best fit among the brand's four sizes, use the handy sizing chart based on their shoe size.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Because most of the great songs go to younger artists or to artists that are already in the charts.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 June 2023
  • On Wednesday, downloads of X’s mobile app surged to the top of the charts.
    Kylie Robison, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Check the brand's size chart to see what size to buy based on your measurements.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Three line charts showing the changes in jump scare per minute when movies are remade.
    Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • He was flanked by poster boards with flow charts, but that was as far as the showmanship went.
    Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • His talent and star power helped make many a tune into a smash on the charts.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Some mobile users may need to use this link to see the chart above on state child care percentile rates.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • On Monday, McLeod was listed at the top of Auburn’s depth chart for jack linebackers.
    Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The set’s placement on all four Billboard charts is thanks to its opening sales sum.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
  • He is listed as the starter at the position on the depth chart released Monday.
    Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Disney empire will also take the third spot on the box office chart with the new horror pic The Boogeyman.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 June 2023
  • Canada’s temperatures in May were off the charts and well above normal for the month.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 10 June 2023
  • Karlen showed the council a chart containing field rental fees for other area cities.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • McGee and Greene were both at the bottom of the depth chart, although Hoke doesn’t think that figured much in Greene’s decision.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • By late last month, mistrust between and frustration had soared off the charts.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The politics of the civil rights movement had bubbled up into the charts.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Forbes is listed as No. 2 on the depth chart behind Wyatt Teller at right guard.
    cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • According to a chart from the CDC, the first illnesses were reported on Oct. 17.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Soon, the members were accepting the trophy for Number One on the Gaon Weibo chart.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2023
  • As the chart below shows, these two numbers are just a couple of points apart for most candidates.
    Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 13 June 2023
  • Current wildfire smoke event in NYC is off the charts relative to anything in past two decades.
    NBC News, 8 June 2023
  • In fact, some of Milsap’s biggest hits crossed over to the adult contemporary chart.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
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chart

2 of 2 verb
  • They charted the course of the ship.
  • He will try to chart a new course for the company.
  • She wanted to chart her own career path.
  • Hot 100-charting songs, with Jimin the first to reach No. 1.
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Scroll down the main page to see your weight data charted over time.
    PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The low-and-in cutter that O’Hearn struck out on was charted as a strike on Baseball Savant.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2023
  • Swift was the first woman in history — and just the third artist overall — to chart four albums that high at the same time.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • From photos, the team could chart each galaxy’s dust emission.
    Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Flightradar24 and FlightAware charted the Cessna's flight.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • That may change thanks to a worldwide effort to chart the bottom of the seas, from coral reefs to miles-deep trenches, by 2030 no less.
    Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The change in staffing in the DeSantis campaign occurs as the team tries to chart a new path forward for the governor.
    Rachel Scott, ABC News, 25 July 2023
  • This sequel to the 2018 miniseries charts the rise of the militia movement in America.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • To summarize the above, here are some nuggets of wisdom for those charting their own journey through this field.
    Scott Nelson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Here’s a rundown of the songs that have charted on Pop Airplay the longest, over the ranking’s 31-year-plus history.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The two have been working together to chart a course through the controversy.
    Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The world does not need rashness on either side, and Taiwan will chart a course between extremes.
    Hou Yu-Ih, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The two versions came out in the same year; Griffith’s original did not chart, whereas Mattea’s went to No. 3.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, last week the company charted its worst performance on Wall Street this year.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Join the legions of Amazon shoppers who are snapping up fall fashion with these on-sale pieces from the site’s Movers and Shakers chart.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • This story has been updated with Aldean’s song charting at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2023
  • The second half of the memoir charts Spears’s life from the lead-up of the thirteen-year conservatorship to its aftermath.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
  • A number of recent stories chart the tangled, tragic global fault lines of the war.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • In one series, Arné charts the sleep of family members.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • That’s interesting work that begins to chart the scale of the endeavor.
    The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • No need to chart if a kicker is better from the left hash mark or not against the cool Southern California wind in training camp.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 13 May 2023
  • Vultures 1 is one of several new entrants on the Top Streaming Albums chart this time around.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The new year is as good a time as any to take financial inventory and chart the course toward fiscal resilience in the year ahead.
    Ebony Flake, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
  • By the time the episode was done, the professor had charted his daughter's every move in an equation on his chalkboard, and math never looked more like love.
    Kelly Connolly, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Frozen Empire, then, charts a middle path between the total reboot and the legacy sequel.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Adapted from his memoir, this hybrid film charts his journey back to his people’s ways of coming to knowledge.
    Jennie Punter, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024

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